DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 06/04 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.2 - - 84.2 - - 80.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 318 - - 193 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5764 - - 6599 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4958 - - 5358 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6653 - - 7488 - - 938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 835 - - 882 - - 7558 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 504 - - 451 - - 29 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 16 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 218 - - 215 - - 208 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2255 - - -1794 - - -6319 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8908 - - 9283 - - 7258 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8246 - - -7418 - - -10315 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14899 - - 14906 - - 11253 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 64 - - 66 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.2 - - 84.2 - - 80.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.4 - - 46.7 - - 52.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.6 - - 83.1 - - 81.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.2 - - 45.5 - - 51.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 318 - - 193 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5764 - - 6599 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 26 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 8 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 98800 10 119 8 141 7 113 98800 91309 17 116 13 057 13 080 91309 85540 12 113 8 058 13 077 85540 80769 8 133 5 110 7 044 80769 76680 4 131 8 125 3 048 76680 73074 6 113 6 135 6 023 73074 69802 9 075 3 153 6 012 69802 66784 9 064 2 223 5 001 66784 63989 6 029 3 020 5 004 63989 61285 8 322 8 344 9 346 61285 58470 12 320 7 316 11 297 58470 55559 12 271 10 306 11 293 55559 52783 14 261 16 277 12 292 52783 50291 18 259 20 250 16 255 50291 48084 20 254 25 243 26 249 48084 46112 25 250 28 240 37 239 46112 44327 27 252 34 239 41 236 44327 42684 32 239 35 243 46 236 42684 41148 30 233 38 242 48 234 41148 39698 28 227 38 238 46 233 39698 38322 29 227 37 237 44 233 38322 36983 29 229 36 236 42 234 36983 35616 28 229 34 233 42 233 35616 34192 28 226 33 234 41 231 34192 32714 28 223 34 237 40 231 32714 31167 28 221 34 237 41 235 31167 29539 29 222 34 234 41 237 29539 27833 32 223 36 235 41 240 27833 26046 33 226 39 237 40 243 26046 24183 35 228 36 243 41 245 24183 22248 36 233 33 249 40 247 22248 20234 33 241 33 250 36 247 20234 18136 29 242 31 247 29 247 18136 16000 26 234 27 236 24 234 16000 13946 24 225 26 232 22 224 13946 12082 23 224 24 226 21 229 12082 10429 20 223 21 224 19 228 10429 8965 17 226 19 221 19 225 8965 7669 16*225 17*217 19 222 7669 6516 16*220 16*217 19 221 6516 5491 16 219 17 216 19 219 5491 4585 16 218 17 216 19 217 4585 3783 16 217 16 215 19 215 3783 3064 16 217 16 214 19 214 3064 2428 16 216 16 213 19 213 2428 1896 15 216 16 213 18 212 1896 1488 15 215 15 212 17 211 1488 1207 14 216 14 212 15 210 1207 1036 13 215 14 212 13 209 1036 938 11 215 11 211 9*208 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography